Telehealth

Amwell on Aug. 31 announced it finalized its acquisitions of two digital health startups: digital mental health platform SilverCloud Health and automated virtual health company Conversa Health. 

Small hospitals are least likely to have telemedicine, though they're also the ones that would benefit most from it, two physicians and a researcher at Boston-based Harvard Medical School argued in an opinion published Aug. 27 in JAMA Health Forum.

Telemedicine and pharmacy discount company GoodRx is offering free telehealth visits to Tennessee residents through the end of Labor Day weekend in response to the flooding devastating the state.

Telemedicine website SpeakWithAnMD.com, which is partnered with anti-vaccine group America's Frontline Doctors, has been fielding an increasing number of requests for ivermectin as misinformation spreads online claiming the drug is a miracle cure for COVID-19, NBC reported Aug. 27. 

The Federal Communications Commission on Aug. 26 awarded $41.9 million in funding to 62 healthcare organizations as part of its $100 million Connected Care Pilot Program.

When the pandemic began, most states, along with CMS, waived telehealth restrictions requiring clinicians to be licensed in the state where their patient lives. Now, some states are discontinuing those waivers, meaning many patients receiving telehealth care from a clinician…

While the hospital at home is now receiving a great deal of attention, due in part to COVID-19, "the model has been in existence for quite some time," Doug Lang, VP of client growth at Health Recovery Solutions, said. "This…

Israeli startup Antidote Health is looking to plug the uninsured into care through a reimagined digital-first relationship with providers. 

Calibrate, a telemedicine platform for metabolic health, recently raised $100 million in a Series B funding round, according to an Aug. 25 news release. 

Older Americans use musculoskeletal telehealth programs more than younger people, though pain outcomes are similar across all generations, according to a study published in Frontiers of Digital Health.